The incident happened at 13:55 local timeThe flight LH 044 (D-AIQP), an A320 from MUC (Munich)The landing runway was 23 LOC-DME (ATIS gave no other option)after the go-around the pilots elected runway 33 also LOC-DME approach and landed safely but minus the left winglet...immediately after the incident ATIS gave runway 23 and 33 as well

But didn't this jet Stall - just before they gunned the engines and take off?

Overall this is an AMAZING video; how scary for all on board.....

A stall that low would've likely been unrecoverable. With this kinda cx, They were probably coming in at a much higher landing speed, so they had some to burn off during the flare.

In the classic crosswind landing, the pilot angles the wing into the wind, and keeps the ac aligned with the rwy via rudder control, but the rudder can only correct for so much...the pilots obviously knew this, but they either underestimated the gusts or overestimated their and their ac's abilities...which is clear from eppy's weather info.

I would rate it as pilot error. There was too much left rudder, and the crew failed to utilize partial spoilers on the right wing to force it down. See Korean Airline crew successfully land a 747 in extreme crosswind - notice the partial spoilers engaged on right wing to force it down.

I would rate it as pilot error. There was too much left rudder, and the crew failed to utilize partial spoilers on the right wing to force it down. See Korean Airline crew successfully land a 747 in extreme crosswind - notice the partial spoilers engaged on right wing to force it down.

Left rudder seemed alright...they had to align the plane...but they may not have balanced it with enough right aileron along with spoilers as you said.

The guy was sideways coming over the fence. Don't you all agree that such an unstabilized approach should have been abandoned without a second thought? He took a heck of a risk trying to put that thing down.

The guy was sideways coming over the fence. Don't you all agree that such an unstabilized approach should have been abandoned without a second thought? He took a heck of a risk trying to put that thing down.

Armchair quarterbacking here, but that approach looked as stabilized as they get. It didn't get out of hand until he got down on the runway and the wind got under the right wing and lifted the whole airplane. A trait with the airbus is that sidestick movement doesn't command airleron deflection, it commands rate of roll. So they cannot just put in crosswind correction once down, like every other normal airplane does. As I do not fly the airbus, I do not know what the specific technique for crosswind correction once on the ground is. But all looked good up until the point the aircraft rolled.

And yes, the pilots did take a risk. It was an unnecessary one. The media is crowing these guys as heroes. But if they had followed their limitations and ops specs for the airplane and their company (they landed over their crosswind limitation), this would have never have happened.